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Nothing can stop us from voting, assert Ghor women

By: Pajhwok Reporter , Date:22/09/2019

FIROZKOH (Pajhwok): Many women in western Ghor province say no problem can stop them from participating in this month’s presidential election and they will prevent the ballot from being rigged by... Read More

Peace talks: Ghor women fear retreat on their rights

By: Pajhwok Reporter , Date:27/02/2019

FEROZKOH (Pajhwok): A number of women in western Ghor province say they fear the ongoing peace negotiations with the Taliban could lead to a retreat from achievements of the past two de... Read More

Ghor woman braves bad customs to attain self-sufficiency...

By: Pajhwok Reporter , Date:11/02/2019

FIROZKOH (Pajhwok): A young woman has opened a restaurant in western Ghor province and created jobs for another 10 women in Lal wa Sar Jangal district of the province challenging gender-based dis... Read More

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FEROZKOH (Pajhwok): “I want to go to my mother and father and play with the kids outside.”
It was the wish of an eight -year-old girl whose parent entered her into an arranged marriage with a 15-year-old boy last year.
Salima, who lives in Madrasa village of Ferozkoh, the provincial capital of western Ghor province, complained about life without her parents.
Salima’s father, 35, gave her in marriage in return for marrying another girl from her in-laws’ house as his second wife.

"طالبان درکندز به دستور استخبارات پاکستان عمل کرده اند "

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): The Helmand governor, who took office three months ago, on Monday claimed preventing injustice and land grab in the southern province.
During a meeting with tribal elders, Mirza Khan Rahimi said his administration was giving its best shot to maintaining security and ensuring development.
“We have received complaints that one piece of land has been allotted to several people. We have also reports that land for parks, mosque and public areas have been sold,” he said.

FEROZKOH (Pajhwok): The provincial council head for western Ghor province says appointments to local departments take place on the basis of nepotism, alienating people from the government.
Fazel Haq Ehsan, in an exclusive interview, told Pajhwok Afghan News government departments did not perform their duties in line with the law and preferred relations in appointing new employees.

Ghor residents resent graft, anomalous appointments

FEROZKOH (Pajhwok): Violence against women has doubled in the first four months of the current solar year in western Ghor province, fueling concerns among human rights campaigners and civil society activists.
Last week, three women were killed and a girl wounded as a consequence of domestic tension in different parts of the province, according to the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission’s Ghor chapter.

Warlords, graft hamper probe into violence against women

FEROZKOH (Pajhwok): The government has failed to eradicate poppy farms even in areas under its control in western Ghor province due to increased insecurity and a presence of illegal armed men there, officials acknowledged on Wednesday.
Provincial counternarcotics authorities say the Ghor administration has been unable to win the annual prize for Zero Poppy Cultivationamounting to one million dollars for the past three years, as cultivation of the illicit crop has resumed in the province.